Optimal management of patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis: Work in progress

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 437-441

  Paraskevas, Kosmas I ^a   Abbott, Anne L ^b   Veith, Frank J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

carotid artery stenosis; carotid artery stenting; carotid endarterectomy; stroke; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CAROTID STENOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896975170     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14779072.2014.893826     Document Type: Article

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